2017 Eastern Conference Playoffs - 1st Round Discussion Thread

[Majingir]

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RIP Raptors

Some BIG changes need to happen this offseason or else

[DieHardYankee26]

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RIP Raptors

Some BIG changes need to happen this offseason or else

My future reaction when you diss Melo after a 0 made FG performance in the playoffs from your boy DeMar:

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I do think they've largely ignored Valunciunas in the offense until now. The bucks size just seems to be too much

[Yeah...THAT Guy]

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Did I just hear that the Raptors starters have 2 assists tonight?

[vtcha]

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I feel like its been the same cycle for the past 3 years now.

Great regular season team
Back-court under-performs in the Playoffs
Emphasize the importance of JV and how he is the X-factor
Team expected to give more touches to JV and a bigger role for the upcoming season - JV ends up being in the same role
Repeat

[BluFu]

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Did I just hear that the Raptors starters have 2 assists tonight?

2 assists and 8 field goals lol

[ProfessaPackMan]

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Told ya'll they weren't nothing to be afraid of.

Been saying that for the last 3 years and ya'll thought I was hating. It's looking like 2014 all over again when we got them out of there in the 1st round.

[Majingir]

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Raptors are up there with the Washington Capitals and Detroit Lions in terms of horrible playoff teams in pro sports.

[BluFu]

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Would have been nice to play the Hawks in the first round lol...

[Majingir]

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Would have been nice to play the Hawks in the first round lol...

No it wouldn't. It's like I said before season ended, seeding and how you match up vs a team in regular season means nothing. Raptors in the playoffs are like a completely different team who has almost never played basketball before in their lives. Can't shoot or play defense.

[jeebs9]

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Damn the Bucks played Barneys theme song lol. That's ****ed up lol

http://teamstre.am/2pJrsqL

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[BluFu]

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No it wouldn't. It's like I said before season ended, seeding and how you match up vs a team in regular season means nothing. Raptors in the playoffs are like a completely different team who has almost never played basketball before in their lives. Can't shoot or play defense.

Regular season results don't matter much but matchups? Yeah they definitely do matter.

[King_B_Mack]

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Damn the Bucks played Barneys theme song lol. That's ****ed up lol

http://teamstre.am/2pJrsqL

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Considering how they proceeded to come out and play, seems to me it wasn't ****ed up at all and extremely fitting. Raptors should have blown the doors off the Bucks just for that song alone. The Raptors are basically the 2010's version of the Joe Johnson Atlanta Hawks at this point.


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[Majingir]

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Regular season results don't matter much but matchups? Yeah they definitely do matter.

Raptors had Milwaukees number in the regular season, look how that's going.
They also had Washingtons number in 2015(and even 2016/2017 regular seasons they still do) and everyone knows how that ended up in the playoffs

[BluFu]

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Raptors had Milwaukees number in the regular season, look how that's going.
They also had Washingtons number in 2015(and even 2016/2017 regular seasons they still do) and everyone knows how that ended up in the playoffs

Raptors didn't/don't have a matchup advantage against either team despite beating them consistently during the season. I already acknowledged that regular season results don't matter.

And no, they're not the same thing.

The difference between the Bucks now and the Bucks during the season is that they're now hitting shots that they were missing before. That's really it. The Raptors didn't forget how to defend them..